Photo Albums

Noteworthy Photography

Burning Flags PressThe website of Glen E. Friedman. Renowned for both his work with musicians like Fugazi, Minor Threat, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys, Slayer (and many, many more) as well as his groundbreaking documentation of the burgeoning skateboard phenomenon in the late `70's, Glen has been privvy to (and has summarily captured on film) some of the coolest stuff ever. He's also an incredibly insightful and nice guy to boot.

SoHo Blues - Photography by Allan TannenbaumAllan Tannenbaum is a local photographer who has been everywhere and shot everything, from members of Blondie hanging out at the Mudd Club through the collapsing towers of the World Trade Center on September 11th. You could spend hours on this site, and I have.

Robert Otter PhotographsAmazing vintage photographs of New York City, specifically my own neighborhood, Greenwich Village.

Big Laughs

The Weblog of Spumco's John K.The weblog of cartoonist John Kricfalusi, crazed mind and frantic pencil behind the original "Ren & Stimpy," as well as "The Goddamn George Liquor Show." Surreal, unapologetic, uncompromising genius.

April 20, 2013

Every Day is Record Store Day

So, here's a weird one. Yesterday afternoon, I took a stroll-about with my kids and my camera and we found ourselves walking west on West 3rd Street. As we approached Bleecker Bob's -- in the wake of the long, gloomy fanfare of its lamented demise -- I was somewhat surprised to see it, well,open for businessand crowded! I guess, technically, it's no longer officially operational, but they were staging a clearance sale (and still looked to have loads of stock still on the premises). Not sure how long that will last.

Today, meanwhile, is Record Store Day. It's a cause I've supported in earnest in the past, but these days, it just seems, as my friend Bruce observed, that it's been hijacked by the major labels to push back catalogs. To make a ludicrously lofty comparison, it's a bit like Earth Day. I mean, shouldn't every day be Earth Day? Shouldn't every day be Record Store Day? It certainly is for me.